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chain

n. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

chain

n. a unit of length

chain

n. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

chain

n. anything that acts as a restraint

chain, concatenation

n. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"

chain, chemical chain

n. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains

n. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"

chain

v. fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"

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electrical cable

n. a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations

cord, electric cord

n. a light insulated conductor for household use

fibril, filament, strand

n. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

sphere, sphere of influence

n. the geographical area in which one nation is very influential

class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class

n. people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

distance

n. a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"

group, grouping

n. any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

radical

n. (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

tie down, tie up, bind, truss

v. secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

fetter, shackle

v. restrain with fetters

manacle, cuff, handcuff

v. confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

pinion, shackle

v. bind the arms of

lash

v. bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"

tether

v. tie with a tether; "tether horses"

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unchain

v. remove the chains from

unfasten

v. cause to become undone; "unfasten your belt"

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